Combination antirail creeper and fastener



' Sept. 1, 1936. SSTONE ET AL 2,053,168

COMBINATION ANTIRAIL CREEPER AND FASTENER Filed Nov. 20, 1955 ATTORNEY WITNESS Patented sept. 1, 1936 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE' Sardine Stone and Clarence W. Weidner. Columbus, Ohio Application November zo, 1935, serial No. 50,165

z claims. (ci. ass- 349) The invention relates to a railway rail fastener and more especially to a combination anti-rail creeper and fastener'.

The primary object of the invention is the provision of a device of this character, wherein a railway rail will be held against creeping and will be anchored upon a cross tie so as to prevent the spreading of the rail as well as eliminating the shearing of spikes resultant from vibrations or the kicking of the rail when servicing rolling stock, the rail being anchored and held solidly fastened to a cross tie. v

Another object of the invention is thev provision of a device of this character, wherein vlii through the use of a plate made secure to a cross tie a railway railcan be conveniently seated in said plate and fastened so as to avoid spreading of the rail, creeping thereof or vibration being set up when rolling stock is passing over the same, the device being of novel construction and assuring a solid fastening of such rail in place upon the cross tie.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a device of this character, which is simple in its construction, thoroughly reliable and eflicient in its purposes, strong, durable, readily and easily applied with dispatch, avoiding the use of spikes, and inexpensive to manufacture and install.y Witli these and other objects in view, the inconslsts in the features of construction, fion and arrangement of parts as will be ter more fully described, illustrated in Ainpanying drawing, which discloses the prefer d embodiment of the inventionand pointed out in the claims hereunto appended.

In me accompanying drawing:

1 is a fragmentary perspective view of a railway rail and cross tie showing the device constructed in accordance with the invention applied.

2 is a fragmentary sectional view on the line 2-33 oi. Figure 1 looking in the direction of the arrows.

Figure 3 is a perspective view of one of the clamp plates employed with the device.

Figure 4 is a perspective view of another of the clamp plates.

Figure 5 is a view similar to'Flgure 2 showing a slight modification. y

Figure 6 is a bottom plan view of one of the clamps employed in the modified form shown in Figure 5.

Similar reference characters indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views in the drawing.

Referring to the drawing in detail, particularly Figures 1 to 4 inclusive, A designates generally a portion of a cross tie and B a portion of a railway 5 rail, these being of the usual or well-known construction. Interposed between the tie and the rail is a metal plate I0 having intermediate thereof at its upper face vertical anges II which are spaced from each other correspondingly to the l0 width of the base I2 of the rail which latter is superimposed upon this plate I0 to have its base snugly held between the upstanding flanges II thereof.

The flanges II are reinforced by 'thickened 15 portions I3 formed on the plate I0 and integrally joined with the said flanges II at the Aouter sides thereof, the flanges being of greater height than the thickened portions I3 and are cut away to provide gaps lilmidway of their length. Y '20 The plate I0 is placed upon the top of the tie A and is made secure by headed bolts I5, these passing through two suitable apertures therefor as provided in said plate I0 and are screwed or otherwise anchored in the tie A. The bolts I5 25 are disposed outwardly with respect to the thickened portions I3.

voccupying one gap I4 in the flange II is a clamp I6 of substantially T-form which overhangs the base I2 of the rail B at one side of the latter 30- and overlaps the thickened portion I3 of the plate I0 next thereto, the clamp I6 being provided with an elongated slot I 'I matching a similar slot I8 provided in the thickened portion I3 of the plate III. -'I/hese slots I'I and I8 ac- 35 commodate a headed bolt I9 which is screwed or otherwise made fast in the tie A while between the head of the said bolt and the clamp I8 is disposed'a lock washer 20. By 'the slots Il and I8 in the clamp IB and the .plate I0 suitable ad- 40 justment of such plate I0 and the clamp I6 can be had, it being understood, of course, that for the adjustment of the plate I 0 the bolts I5 are free from fastening engagement with the tie A.

The other gap I4 accommodates a substan- 45 tially elliptical shaped washer 2l which overhangs the base I2 of the rail B at the other side thereof and the thickened portion I3 next thereto while passed. through. this washer 2| is a headed bolt 322, it ybeing;v received in the elongated slot 23 50 formed in the'thickened portion I3 oi' the plate III immediately below the location of the said washer. It is preferable to have the clamp I6 and the washer 2| upwardly bowed to assure a nrm clamping action of these upon the 5g base I2 of the rail B on the .working of the headed bolts home in the tie A.

In Figures 5 and 6 of the drawing there is shown a slight modification wherein the substantially T-shaped clamp 24 at its under side is formed with a nib 25 constituting a T for engagement i-n a seat 26 provided in the thickened portion 21 of the plate 28, thenib being provided with a beveled face 29 coacting with a beveled wall 30 in the seat 26 and this wall coincident with the beveled face 29 inclines toward the base of the rail so that when the clamp 24 is screwed down the tendency of the nib 25 working against the wall 30is to move the clamp onto the base of the rail. The nib 25'next to the base of the' railf is cut to form a jaw 3| for engaging the edge next thereto of the base of said rail. The clamp 24 is used at one side of the rail only while the washer 32 is used at the other side for clamping the base of the rail. n

The headed bolt 22 is tted with a lock washer 33. The headed bolt 34 employed with the clamp 24 passes through a slot 35 in said clamp and in' a hole or opening 3.6 in the thickened portion 21 of the plate 28 and thus by this slot 35 the clamp 24 can be shifted under the action of the nib -25 working against the wall 30 of the seat 26 in said plate 28.

In the use of the device the rail is solidly fastened to the tie A and such rail is prevented from creeping or spreading and firm anchorage of this rail is assured Without the use of spikes.

The headed bolts are fastened in the tie A. The rail B can be readily aligned and set to the proper gage with respect to an opposite 4rail in the use of the device and in such use it affords an anti-rail creeper, a. rail anchor and an antitrack spreader.

The clamp 24 is of the T-form similar to the clamp I6.

What is claimed is:

1. A device of the kind described comprising.

a plate adapted for mounting upon a cross tie and having spaced openings therein, upstanding flanges on said plate arranged in spaced parallel relation to each other for accommodating therebetween a base of a. rail,` enlargements on said plate outside of the. flanges and joined therewith, springy clamps intertted with the flanges and extending over the base of said rail, fasteners passed through the clamps and the openings in said plate and engaged in the tie, the said plate being formed with a beveled Wall, and a beveled nib formed on vone of the clamps and coacting with the beveled wall of the plate.

2. A device of the kind described comprising a plate adapted for mounting upon a cross tie and having spaced openings therein, upstanding anges on said plate arranged in spaced parallel relation to each other for accommodating therebetween a base of a rail, enlargements on said plate outside of Vthe flanges and joined therewith, springy clamps intertted with the flanges and extending over the base of said rail, fasteners passed through the clamps and the openings in said plate and engaged in the tie, the said plate bein-g formed with a beveled wall, a beveled nib formed on one of the clamps and coacting with the beveled Wall of the plate, and means fastening the plate to the tie and independent of the fasteners engaged in said clamps.

SARDINE STONE. CLARENCE W. WEIDNER. 

